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Westgate
very
cheerfully
declared
;
“
nothing
unpleasant
lasts
over
here
.
It
was
very
hot
when
Captain
Littledale
was
here
;
he
did
nothing
but
drink
sherry
cobblers
.
He
expressed
some
doubt
in
his
letter
whether
I
will
remember
him
—
as
if
I
didn
’
t
remember
making
six
sherry
cobblers
for
him
one
day
in
about
twenty
minutes
.
I
hope
you
left
him
well
,
two
years
having
elapsed
since
then
.
”
“
Oh
,
yes
,
he
’
s
all
right
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
I
am
always
very
glad
to
see
your
countrymen
,
”
Mr
.
Westgate
pursued
.
“
I
thought
it
would
be
time
some
of
you
should
be
coming
along
.
A
friend
of
mine
was
saying
to
me
only
a
day
or
two
ago
,
‘
It
’
s
time
for
the
watermelons
and
the
Englishmen
.
”
“
The
Englishmen
and
the
watermelons
just
now
are
about
the
same
thing
,
”
Percy
Beaumont
observed
,
wiping
his
dripping
forehead
.
“
Ah
,
well
,
we
’
ll
put
you
on
ice
,
as
we
do
the
melons
.
You
must
go
down
to
Newport
.
”
“
We
’
ll
go
anywhere
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
Yes
,
you
want
to
go
to
Newport
;
that
’
s
what
you
want
to
do
,
”
Mr
.
Westgate
affirmed
.
“
But
let
’
s
see
—
when
did
you
get
here
?
”
“
Only
yesterday
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
Ah
,
yes
,
by
the
Russia
.
Where
are
you
staying
?
”
“
At
the
Hanover
,
I
think
they
call
it
.
”
“
Pretty
comfortable
?
”
inquired
Mr
.
Westgate
.
“
It
seems
a
capital
place
,
but
I
can
’
t
say
we
like
the
gnats
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
Mr
.
Westgate
stared
and
laughed
.
“
Oh
,
no
,
of
course
you
don
’
t
like
the
gnats
.
We
shall
expect
you
to
like
a
good
many
things
over
here
,
but
we
shan
’
t
insist
upon
your
liking
the
gnats
;
though
certainly
you
’
ll
admit
that
,
as
gnats
,
they
are
fine
,
eh
?
But
you
oughtn
’
t
to
remain
in
the
city
.
”
“
So
we
think
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
If
you
would
kindly
suggest
something
—
”
“
Suggest
something
,
my
dear
sir
?
”
and
Mr
.
Westgate
looked
at
him
,
narrowing
his
eyelids
.
“
Open
your
mouth
and
shut
your
eyes
!
Leave
it
to
me
,
and
I
’
ll
put
you
through
.
It
’
s
a
matter
of
national
pride
with
me
that
all
Englishmen
should
have
a
good
time
;
and
as
I
have
had
considerable
practice
,
I
have
learned
to
minister
to
their
wants
.
I
find
they
generally
want
the
right
thing
.
So
just
please
to
consider
yourselves
my
property
;
and
if
anyone
should
try
to
appropriate
you
,
please
to
say
,
‘
Hands
off
;
too
late
for
the
market
.
’
But
let
’
s
see
,
”
continued
the
American
,
in
his
slow
,
humorous
voice
,
with
a
distinctness
of
utterance
which
appeared
to
his
visitors
to
be
part
of
a
humorous
intention
—
a
strangely
leisurely
,
speculative
voice
for
a
man
evidently
so
busy
and
,
as
they
felt
,
so
professional
—
“
let
’
s
see
;
are
you
going
to
make
something
of
a
stay
,
Lord
Lambeth
?
”
“
Oh
,
dear
,
no
,
”
said
the
young
Englishman
;
“
my
cousin
was
coming
over
on
some
business
,
so
I
just
came
across
,
at
an
hour
’
s
notice
,
for
the
lark
.
”
“
Is
it
your
first
visit
to
the
United
States
?
”
“
Oh
,
dear
,
yes
.
”
“
I
was
obliged
to
come
on
some
business
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
,
“
and
I
brought
Lambeth
along
.
”
“
And
you
have
been
here
before
,
sir
?
”
“
Never
—
never
.
”
“
I
thought
,
from
your
referring
to
business
—
”
said
Mr
.
Westgate
.
“
Oh
,
you
see
I
’
m
by
way
of
being
a
barrister
,
”
Percy
Beaumont
answered
.
“
I
know
some
people
that
think
of
bringing
a
suit
against
one
of
your
railways
,
and
they
asked
me
to
come
over
and
take
measures
accordingly
.
”
“
What
’
s
your
railroad
?
”
he
asked
.
“
The
Tennessee
Central
.
”
The
American
tilted
back
his
chair
a
little
and
poised
it
an
instant
.
“
Well
,
I
’
m
sorry
you
want
to
attack
one
of
our
institutions
,
”
he
said
,
smiling
.
“
But
I
guess
you
had
better
enjoy
yourself
first
!
”
“
I
’
m
certainly
rather
afraid
I
can
’
t
work
in
this
weather
,
”
the
young
barrister
confessed
.
“
Leave
that
to
the
natives
,
”
said
Mr
.
Westgate
.
“
Leave
the
Tennessee
Central
to
me
,
Mr
.
Beaumont
.
Some
day
we
’
ll
talk
it
over
,
and
I
guess
I
can
make
it
square
.
But
I
didn
’
t
know
you
Englishmen
ever
did
any
work
,
in
the
upper
classes
.
”
“
Oh
,
we
do
a
lot
of
work
;
don
’
t
we
,
Lambeth
?
”
asked
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
I
must
certainly
be
at
home
by
the
19th
of
September
,
”
said
the
younger
Englishman
,
irrelevantly
but
gently
.
“
For
the
shooting
,
eh
?
or
is
it
the
hunting
,
or
the
fishing
?
”
inquired
his
entertainer
.
“
Oh
,
I
must
be
in
Scotland
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
,
blushing
a
little
.
“
Well
,
then
,
”
rejoined
Mr
.
Westgate
,
“
you
had
better
amuse
yourself
first
,
also
.
You
must
go
down
and
see
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
”
“
We
should
be
so
happy
,
if
you
would
kindly
tell
us
the
train
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
It
isn
’
t
a
train
—
it
’
s
a
boat
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
see
.
And
what
is
the
name
of
—
a
—
the
—
a
—
town
?
”
“
It
isn
’
t
a
town
,
”
said
Mr
.
Westgate
,
laughing
.
“
It
’
s
a
—
well
,
what
shall
I
call
it
?
It
’
s
a
watering
place
.
In
short
,
it
’
s
Newport
.
You
’
ll
see
what
it
is
.
It
’
s
cool
;
that
’
s
the
principal
thing
.
You
will
greatly
oblige
me
by
going
down
there
and
putting
yourself
into
the
hands
of
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
It
isn
’
t
perhaps
for
me
to
say
it
,
but
you
couldn
’
t
be
in
better
hands
.
Also
in
those
of
her
sister
,
who
is
staying
with
her
.
She
is
very
fond
of
Englishmen
.
She
thinks
there
is
nothing
like
them
.
”
“
Mrs
.
Westgate
or
—
a
—
her
sister
?
”
asked
Percy
Beaumont
modestly
,
yet
in
the
tone
of
an
inquiring
traveler
.
“
Oh
,
I
mean
my
wife
,
”
said
Mr
.
Westgate
.
“
I
don
’
t
suppose
my
sister
-
in
-
law
knows
much
about
them
.
She
has
always
led
a
very
quiet
life
;
she
has
lived
in
Boston
.
”
Percy
Beaumont
listened
with
interest
.
“
That
,
I
believe
,
”
he
said
,
“
is
the
most
—
a
—
intellectual
town
?
”
“
I
believe
it
is
very
intellectual
.
I
don
’
t
go
there
much
,
”
responded
his
host
.
“
I
say
,
we
ought
to
go
there
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
to
his
companion
.
“
Oh
,
Lord
Lambeth
,
wait
till
the
great
heat
is
over
,
”
Mr
.
Westgate
interposed
.
“
Boston
in
this
weather
would
be
very
trying
;
it
’
s
not
the
temperature
for
intellectual
exertion
.
At
Boston
,
you
know
,
you
have
to
pass
an
examination
at
the
city
limits
;
and
when
you
come
away
they
give
you
a
kind
of
degree
.
”
Lord
Lambeth
stared
,
blushing
a
little
;
and
Percy
Beaumont
stared
a
little
also
—
but
only
with
his
fine
natural
complexion
—
glancing
aside
after
a
moment
to
see
that
his
companion
was
not
looking
too
credulous
,
for
he
had
heard
a
great
deal
of
American
humor
.
“
I
daresay
it
is
very
jolly
,
”
said
the
younger
gentleman
.
“
I
daresay
it
is
,
”
said
Mr
.
Westgate
.
“
Only
I
must
impress
upon
you
that
at
present
—
tomorrow
morning
,
at
an
early
hour
—
you
will
be
expected
at
Newport
.
We
have
a
house
there
;
half
the
people
in
New
York
go
there
for
the
summer
.
I
am
not
sure
that
at
this
very
moment
my
wife
can
take
you
in
;
she
has
got
a
lot
of
people
staying
with
her
;
I
don
’
t
know
who
they
all
are
;
only
she
may
have
no
room
.
But
you
can
begin
with
the
hotel
,
and
meanwhile
you
can
live
at
my
house
.
In
that
way
—
simply
sleeping
at
the
hotel
—
you
will
find
it
tolerable
.
For
the
rest
,
you
must
make
yourself
at
home
at
my
place
.
You
mustn
’
t
be
shy
,
you
know
;
if
you
are
only
here
for
a
month
that
will
be
a
great
waste
of
time
.
Mrs
.
Westgate
won
’
t
neglect
you
,
and
you
had
better
not
try
to
resist
her
.
I
know
something
about
that
.
I
expect
you
’
ll
find
some
pretty
girls
on
the
premises
.
I
shall
write
to
my
wife
by
this
afternoon
’
s
mail
,
and
tomorrow
morning
she
and
Miss
Alden
will
look
out
for
you
.
Just
walk
right
in
and
make
yourself
comfortable
.
Your
steamer
leaves
from
this
part
of
the
city
,
and
I
will
immediately
send
out
and
get
you
a
cabin
.
Then
,
at
half
past
four
o
’
clock
,
just
call
for
me
here
,
and
I
will
go
with
you
and
put
you
on
board
.
It
’
s
a
big
boat
;
you
might
get
lost
.
A
few
days
hence
,
at
the
end
of
the
week
,
I
will
come
down
to
Newport
and
see
how
you
are
getting
on
.
”
The
two
young
Englishmen
inaugurated
the
policy
of
not
resisting
Mrs
.
Westgate
by
submitting
,
with
great
docility
and
thankfulness
,
to
her
husband
.
He
was
evidently
a
very
good
fellow
,
and
he
made
an
impression
upon
his
visitors
;
his
hospitality
seemed
to
recommend
itself
consciously
—
with
a
friendly
wink
,
as
it
were
—
as
if
it
hinted
,
judicially
,
that
you
could
not
possibly
make
a
better
bargain
.
Lord
Lambeth
and
his
cousin
left
their
entertainer
to
his
labors
and
returned
to
their
hotel
,
where
they
spent
three
or
four
hours
in
their
respective
shower
baths
.
Percy
Beaumont
had
suggested
that
they
ought
to
see
something
of
the
town
;
but
“
Oh
,
damn
the
town
!
”
his
noble
kinsman
had
rejoined
.
They
returned
to
Mr
.
Westgate
’
s
office
in
a
carriage
,
with
their
luggage
,
very
punctually
;
but
it
must
be
reluctantly
recorded
that
,
this
time
,
he
kept
them
waiting
so
long
that
they
felt
themselves
missing
the
steamer
,
and
were
deterred
only
by
an
amiable
modesty
from
dispensing
with
his
attendance
and
starting
on
a
hasty
scramble
to
the
wharf
.
But
when
at
last
he
appeared
,
and
the
carriage
plunged
into
the
purlieus
of
Broadway
,
they
jolted
and
jostled
to
such
good
purpose
that
they
reached
the
huge
white
vessel
while
the
bell
for
departure
was
still
ringing
and
the
absorption
of
passengers
still
active
.
It
was
indeed
,
as
Mr
.
Westgate
had
said
,
a
big
boat
,
and
his
leadership
in
the
innumerable
and
interminable
corridors
and
cabins
,
with
which
he
seemed
perfectly
acquainted
,
and
of
which
anyone
and
everyone
appeared
to
have
the
entree
,
was
very
grateful
to
the
slightly
bewildered
voyagers
.
He
showed
them
their
stateroom
—
a
spacious
apartment
,
embellished
with
gas
lamps
,
mirrors
en
pied
,
and
sculptured
furniture
—
and
then
,
long
after
they
had
been
intimately
convinced
that
the
steamer
was
in
motion
and
launched
upon
the
unknown
stream
that
they
were
about
to
navigate
,
he
bade
them
a
sociable
farewell
.
“
Well
,
goodbye
,
Lord
Lambeth
,
”
he
said
;
“
goodbye
,
Mr
.
Percy
Beaumont
.
I
hope
you
’
ll
have
a
good
time
.
Just
let
them
do
what
they
want
with
you
.
I
’
ll
come
down
by
-
and
-
by
and
look
after
you
.
”
The
young
Englishmen
emerged
from
their
cabin
and
amused
themselves
with
wandering
about
the
immense
labyrinthine
steamer
,
which
struck
them
as
an
extraordinary
mixture
of
a
ship
and
a
hotel
.
It
was
densely
crowded
with
passengers
,
the
larger
number
of
whom
appeared
to
be
ladies
and
very
young
children
;
and
in
the
big
saloons
,
ornamented
in
white
and
gold
,
which
followed
each
other
in
surprising
succession
,
beneath
the
swinging
gaslight
,
and
among
the
small
side
passages
where
the
Negro
domestics
of
both
sexes
assembled
with
an
air
of
philosophic
leisure
,
everyone
was
moving
to
and
fro
and
exchanging
loud
and
familiar
observations
.
Eventually
,
at
the
instance
of
a
discriminating
black
,
our
young
men
went
and
had
some
“
supper
”
in
a
wonderful
place
arranged
like
a
theater
,
where
,
in
a
gilded
gallery
,
upon
which
little
boxes
appeared
to
open
,
a
large
orchestra
was
playing
operatic
selections
,
and
,
below
,
people
were
handing
about
bills
of
fare
,
as
if
they
had
been
programs
.
All
this
was
sufficiently
curious
;
but
the
agreeable
thing
,
later
,
was
to
sit
out
on
one
of
the
great
white
decks
of
the
steamer
,
in
the
warm
breezy
darkness
,
and
,
in
the
vague
starlight
,
to
make
out
the
line
of
low
,
mysterious
coast
.
The
young
Englishmen
tried
American
cigars
—
those
of
Mr
.
Westgate
—
and
talked
together
as
they
usually
talked
,
with
many
odd
silences
,
lapses
of
logic
,
and
incongruities
of
transition
;
like
people
who
have
grown
old
together
and
learned
to
supply
each
other
’
s
missing
phrases
;
or
,
more
especially
,
like
people
thoroughly
conscious
of
a
common
point
of
view
,
so
that
a
style
of
conversation
superficially
lacking
in
finish
might
suffice
for
reference
to
a
fund
of
associations
in
the
light
of
which
everything
was
all
right
.
“
We
really
seem
to
be
going
out
to
sea
,
”
Percy
Beaumont
observed
.
“
Upon
my
word
,
we
are
going
back
to
England
.
He
has
shipped
us
off
again
.
I
call
that
‘
real
mean
.
’
”
“
I
suppose
it
’
s
all
right
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
I
want
to
see
those
pretty
girls
at
Newport
.
You
know
,
he
told
us
the
place
was
an
island
;
and
aren
’
t
all
islands
in
the
sea
?
”
“
Well
,
”
resumed
the
elder
traveler
after
a
while
,
“
if
his
house
is
as
good
as
his
cigars
,
we
shall
do
very
well
.
”
“
He
seems
a
very
good
fellow
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
,
as
if
this
idea
had
just
occurred
to
him
.
“
I
say
,
we
had
better
remain
at
the
inn
,
”
rejoined
his
companion
presently
.
“
I
don
’
t
think
I
like
the
way
he
spoke
of
his
house
.
I
don
’
t
like
stopping
in
the
house
with
such
a
tremendous
lot
of
women
.
”
“
Oh
,
I
don
’
t
mind
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
And
then
they
smoked
a
while
in
silence
.
“
Fancy
his
thinking
we
do
no
work
in
England
!
”
the
young
man
resumed
.
“
I
daresay
he
didn
’
t
really
think
so
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
Well
,
I
guess
they
don
’
t
know
much
about
England
over
here
!
”
declared
Lord
Lambeth
humorously
.
And
then
there
was
another
long
pause
.
“
He
was
devilish
civil
,
”
observed
the
young
nobleman
.
“
Nothing
,
certainly
,
could
have
been
more
civil
,
”
rejoined
his
companion
.
“
Littledale
said
his
wife
was
great
fun
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
Whose
wife
—
Littledale
’
s
?
”
“
This
American
’
s
—
Mrs
.
Westgate
.
What
’
s
his
name
?
J
.
L
.
”
Beaumont
was
silent
a
moment
.
“
What
was
fun
to
Littledale
,
”
he
said
at
last
,
rather
sententiously
,
“
may
be
death
to
us
.
”
“
What
do
you
mean
by
that
?
”
asked
his
kinsman
.
“
I
am
as
good
a
man
as
Littledale
.
”
“
My
dear
boy
,
I
hope
you
won
’
t
begin
to
flirt
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
I
don
’
t
care
.
I
daresay
I
shan
’
t
begin
.
”
“
With
a
married
woman
,
if
she
’
s
bent
upon
it
,
it
’
s
all
very
well
,
”
Beaumont
expounded
.
“
But
our
friend
mentioned
a
young
lady
—
a
sister
,
a
sister
-
in
-
law
.
For
God
’
s
sake
,
don
’
t
get
entangled
with
her
!
”
“
How
do
you
mean
entangled
?
”
“
Depend
upon
it
she
will
try
to
hook
you
.
”
“
Oh
,
bother
!
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
.
“
American
girls
are
very
clever
,
”
urged
his
companion
.
“
So
much
the
better
,
”
the
young
man
declared
.
“
I
fancy
they
are
always
up
to
some
game
of
that
sort
,
”
Beaumont
continued
.
“
They
can
’
t
be
worse
than
they
are
in
England
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
judicially
.
“
Ah
,
but
in
England
,
”
replied
Beaumont
,
“
you
have
got
your
natural
protectors
.
You
have
got
your
mother
and
sisters
.
”
“
My
mother
and
sisters
—
”
began
the
young
nobleman
with
a
certain
energy
.
But
he
stopped
in
time
,
puffing
at
his
cigar
.
“
Your
mother
spoke
to
me
about
it
,
with
tears
in
her
eyes
,
”
said
Percy
Beaumont
.
“
She
said
she
felt
very
nervous
.
I
promised
to
keep
you
out
of
mischief
.
”
“
You
had
better
take
care
of
yourself
,
”
said
the
object
of
maternal
and
ducal
solicitude
.
“
Ah
,
”
rejoined
the
young
barrister
,
“
I
haven
’
t
the
expectation
of
a
hundred
thousand
a
year
,
not
to
mention
other
attractions
.
”
“
Well
,
”
said
Lord
Lambeth
,
“
don
’
t
cry
out
before
you
’
re
hurt
!
”
It
was
certainly
very
much
cooler
at
Newport
,
where
our
travelers
found
themselves
assigned
to
a
couple
of
diminutive
bedrooms
in
a
faraway
angle
of
an
immense
hotel
.
They
had
gone
ashore
in
the
early
summer
twilight
and
had
very
promptly
put
themselves
to
bed
;
thanks
to
which
circumstance
and
to
their
having
,
during
the
previous
hours
,
in
their
commodious
cabin
,
slept
the
sleep
of
youth
and
health
,
they
began
to
feel
,
toward
eleven
o
’
clock
,
very
alert
and
inquisitive
.
They
looked
out
of
their
windows
across
a
row
of
small
green
fields
,
bordered
with
low
stone
walls
of
rude
construction
,
and
saw
a
deep
blue
ocean
lying
beneath
a
deep
blue
sky
,
and
flecked
now
and
then
with
scintillating
patches
of
foam
.
A
strong
,
fresh
breeze
came
in
through
the
curtainless
casements
and
prompted
our
young
men
to
observe
,
generally
,
that
it
didn
’
t
seem
half
a
bad
climate
.
